Theory & History
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What brought an end to South African apartheid?
Deji Olayinka, Socialist Party Black and Asian group 30 years ago, the inspirational movement of the South African masses brought an…
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What is happening with inflation – Why aren’t prices falling fast enough?
Wayne Scott Dundee From the Socialist in Scotland Sept 24 Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that inflation…
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The lessons of the heroic 1984-85 miners’ strike
Forty years ago, on 9 March 1984, Scottish miners began strike action. The Yorkshire National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) members…
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Trotsky’s transitional method: How to win workers and youth for socialism?
Callum Joyce, Socialist Party England and Wales The last two years in Britain and internationally have seen a big increase in…
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Red Clydeside: Workers’ power on display
Brian McLelland Red Clydeside refers to a significant era of the labour movement in early 20th-century Scotland, centred around Glasgow…
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100 years since Lenin’s death: The relevance of his ideas for today
Nick Chaffey, Socialist Party England and Wales National Committee In January 1917, the world was in flames amid the barbarism…
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Centenary anniversary: John Maclean – an outstanding Marxist and fighter for the working class
By Philip Stott A leader of Red Clydeside, John Maclean was an outstanding orator, a peerless educator in Marxist ideas,…
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What is communism?
Matt Dobson This summer a meeting of the most affluent and powerful 500 people, organised by Spears Wealth Management magazine,…
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50 years since the coup: The lessons of Chile
Jimmy Haddow On 4 September 1970, Salvador Allende, Unidad Popular (UP) candidate, won the Chilean presidential elections with 36.3% of…
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Northern Ireland: 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement
NIALL MULHOLLAND explains the background to the signing of the Good Friday Agreement and how the 25 years since its…
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